Last Updated on February 6, 2020
Here are 4 clear signs an Amazon seller is not trustworthy:
1. Amazon seller feedback
When in doubt, one of the first things to do is checking the seller feedback. People who have bought products from that specific seller are encouraged by the Amazon system to leave feedback so that future buyers have an idea of what to expect.
Amazon market specialists advise people to stay away from sellers with less than 90 percent positive feedback in the past month.
This is one way to prevent bad being scammed, and you will certainly find another seller close to 100 percent positive feedback offering a similar product at a very similar price. So, there is no need to take any chances.
2. Product description
The product description is also an excellent indicator of whether you can trust a seller or not. You should always be wary of sellers with weird or nonsense names, product descriptions with many grammatical errors or odd syntax, and low-quality product images.
Chinese companies usually register weird names on Amazon to quickly get through the United States Patent and Trademark Office since Amazon policy requires its sellers to be legally trademarked.
In turn, poor product description with a large number of spelling mistakes and other types of mistakes that make sentences sound weird probably means that the seller is not from your country and might be trying to take advantage of the platform to sell you counterfeit products.
Similarly, posting only one low-resolution image to display the product is a common tactic used by shady sellers to hide eventual defects or the overall low-quality of their products.
Additional tip: If a third-party seller has a shipping time between three weeks to a month and the product you are trying to buy is not out of stoke everywhere, it most likely means that the seller is shipping the product directly from China.
That is why you should always buy products directly from the brand or manufacturer. This alone will prevent most problems and scam attempts.
